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A superb cast of West End stars including James Fox (Fame Academy, Jesus Christ Superstar), Shona White (Wicked), Tam Mutu (Love Never Dies), Rebecca Lock (The Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q), James Graeme (The Phantom of the Opera), David Erik (Dirty Dancing, The Phantom of the Opera) and Steve Varnom (The Woman in White) lead a cast of 30 actors and musicians in this unmissable production.

Written by Tim Rice and ABBAís BjŲrn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, CHESS has one of the greatest musical theatre scores of all time including One Night In Bangkok, Pity The Child, Anthem, You And I and, of course, I Know Him So Well.

Two of the world's greatest chess masters battle it out at the world chess championships but their greatest contest is for the love of one woman. Amidst political intrigue and international conspiracies, the American and the Russian fight to win the heart of Florence Vassy in a romantic triangle that mirrors the heightened passions of the Cold War all set to an explosive score by the composers of Mamma Mia and the lyricist of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita.

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Old City District presents Old City Fest on¬†Sunday, October 9, 2016, from¬†11:00am to 6:00pm, along N. 3rd Street (from Market to Race) and Arch Street (from 2nd to 4th). Activities will include a festival stage with live music, two runway fashion shows, a family fun zone, pop-up street performances and a wide array of food, beverages, art, craft and retail shopping, with 100+ Old City vendors participating. Admission is free, with food and drink pay-as-you-go. (more...)

THEATER at Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) has¬†announced the finalists for its 15th¬†Anniversary season to¬†run at the Cherry Lane Theatre and Joe's Pub at The Public Theater during¬†spring 2017. The finalists were selected from over 100 submissions from some of the nation's most talented emerging playwrights. THEATER is produced by Creative Ammo Inc. and Reg E.¬†Gaines, two-time Tony nominee, returns as THEATER's Artistic¬†Director. (more...)

The Old Globe today announced the remaining productions in its 2017 Summer Season, including a brand-new comedy, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood!, and a Summer Shakespeare Festival lineup featuring Robert Sean Leonard in the title role of the towering history play Richard II, directed by Erica Schmidt. Shakespeare's exhilarating tragedy Hamlet follows, directed by Old Globe Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, one of the leading American authorities on the works of Shakespeare. (more...)

No Time for Comedy¬†is unlike anything you have ever seen, I feel sure. It is funny and clever - much of the dialogue is of Jane Austen caliber - but it joyfully refuses to go any of the places you think it probably might. It is political, and pointed, but never preachy, except to call attention to the motives of those who would preach.¬†It is at once a parody of a witty Broadway comedy of the nineteen-twenties, -thirties, and -forties, and the apotheosis of it;¬†and a part of it also contains a convincing and fairly furious¬†repudiation of itself.¬†For this 1939 play seems well aware that its very style is about to be subsumed by world conflict¬Ö (more...)

Musical Theatre West's (MTW) Reiner Staged Reading Series presents the Rodgers & Hart's classic¬†The Boys from Syracuse¬†Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 7:00pm¬†at its new home, the Beverly O'Neill Theater, located at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center.¬†¬†Tickets are now on Tickets are now on sale online at¬†www.musical.org, by visiting the MTW West Ticket Office, or by calling¬†(562) 856-1999, ext. 4.¬†¬†Advance general admission tickets for each performance are $27 (or $32 on the day of the performance).¬†¬†You can also purchase a subscription for the final two 2016 Reiner Staged Reading performances (She Loves Me¬†will be performed Saturday, December 3, 7pm) for $50.¬†¬†Seating is general admission, with season subscribers receiving early access to the theatre via a special subscriber door. (more...)

The members of the iconic Swedish quartet ABBA have joined forces with entertainment entrepreneur Simon Fuller and the Universal Music Group to launch a 'previously unimagined' digital experience (more...)

Chris Isaacson Presents has announced the West Coast debut of Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp: Acoustically Speaking ? Celebrating 20 Years of Friendship for two shows only on Tuesday, October 25 and Wednesday, October 26 at 8:30pm at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood. Acoustically Speaking is a new show featuring two Broadway favorites coming together to celebrate music, memories, and their 20-year friendship. (more...)

PRiMA Theatre is pleased to welcome guest artist Adam Pascal to Lancaster for a solo concert. Pascal is known as Broadway's most famous rock tenor, and the talent behind leading Broadway roles in¬†Rent,¬†Aida,¬†Memphis,¬†Cabaret,¬†Chicago¬†and¬†Chess.¬† (more...)

Producers of the Tooting Arts Club production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street announced today that the stars of the original London incarnation of the production, Jeremy Secomb (as Sweeney Todd), Siobhan McCarthy (as Mrs. Lovett), Duncan Smith (as Judge Turpin) and Joseph Taylor (as Tobias), will reprise their performances for New York audiences. (more...)

In the Wings Promotions is proud to present HAIR - The Original Tribal Love-Rock Musical, directed and choreographed by META winner Nadia Verrucci with Music Direction by META nominee Ian Baird. HAIR features book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado with music by Galt MacDermot. HAIR runs¬†November 23-26, 2016¬†at the MainLine Theatre in Montreal. (more...)

For more than sixty years, Queen Elizabeth II has held private weekly meetings with each Prime Minister, from Churchill to Cameron. In these intimate and sometimes explosive conversations, we see glimpses of the woman who wears the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch. Go behind the walls of Buckingham Palace and into the private chambers of Queen Elizabeth II for the audience in Peter Morgan's riveting new play that swept Broadway last season. Sponsored by the John McDonald Company.¬†Learn More (more...)

August Strindberg Repertory Theatre, under the leadership of Robert Greer, is committed to production of his plays in¬†new translations and interpretations that illuminate the plays of Sweden's national playwright, whose work remains as relevant today as when they were written.¬† The company continues its explorations¬†November 12 to December 3¬†at Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, presenting a double-bill of two-character plays -- 'Pariah' and 'The Stronger' -- in alternating rep with with Strindberg's Arabian Nights play, 'Abu Casem's Slippers.' (more...)

Two of the most beloved voices in the world, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe first met at¬†Kismet at the London Coliseum a decade ago, where they performed together. Later that year, when Ball was given a solo concert at BBC Proms-the first musical theatre star to do so-he invited Boe to perform with him.¬† (more...)

In an ongoing mission to nurture and develop new work by emerging artists, Abingdon Theatre Company proudly announces Dominique Fishback & Amy E. Witting as recipients of its inaugural Residency Program. (more...)

Ryan Kelly (The Normal Heart, Mamma Mia) and Dale Miller (Seussical, Les Miserables) reunite with their hilarious cabaret, Dudettes. Accompanied by Aaron Eyre, with songs from West Side Story, Chess, Rent, Wicked and more, these dudes take a fresh look at duets traditionally sung by women - including stories of friendship, love and relationships! (more...)

San Francisco- and San Diego-area co-authors Brian Alikhani and Rosalyn Hafner have released their book, 'Untethered,' which delves into the political and historical impacts the Iranian Revolution had on the world as well as modern-day politics in the U.S. The book tells the story of Alikhani's journey immigrating from Iran to California to attend high school as a teenager during the late 1970s. (more...)

The Central Works 2016 Season closes with Into the Beautiful North, a new play by Karen Zacarias opening Today October 15 in the historic Berkeley City Club. This production marks CW's first partnership with the National New Play Network for this Rolling World Premiere. Into the Beautiful North is based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea and inspired by the classic Hollywood western The Magnificent Seven. (more...)

There are some wonderful artists coming to perform at The Pheasantry this November. including Amanda McBroom with Ann Hampton Callaway, Pete Atkin singing the lyrics of Clive James, Kate Dimbleby, Sally Ann Triplett and the Canadian jazz great Kirk MacDonald. Scroll down for details! (more...)

Diversionary was proud to produce the The World Premiere of Jonathan Larson Award-winning musical THE BOY WHO DANCED ON AIR¬†by Tim Rosser and Charlie Sohne as the finale to their 30th Anniversary season. Abingdon Theatre Company has just has announced the show's inclusion in their 2016-17 Season at the June Havoc Theatre, Off-Broadway in NYC. (more...)

A spectacular new production of¬†Disney's The Little Mermaid¬†kicks off at¬†The 5th Avenue Theatre¬†this holiday season. Featuring the critically acclaimed work of Director¬†Glenn Casale, this beloved tale of a young mermaid's coming-of-age adventure is told like never before. Previously announced casting includes Seattle's own¬†Diana Huey¬†as Ariel and¬†Matthew Kacergis¬†as Prince Eric,¬†with Broadway's¬†Jennifer Allen¬†as Ursula andSteven Blanchard¬†as King Triton.¬†Melvin Abston,¬†Connor Russell¬†and¬†Jamie Torcellini¬†join the cast as Sebastian, Flounder and Scuttle.¬†The 5th Avenue's production will go on to play engagements in cities including¬†Orlando,¬†Cincinnati,Atlanta¬†and¬†Louisville, among others. (more...)

An October Sunday evening found a friend plus two newfound ones in the first balcony of Philadelphia's Academy of Music for a celebration of not only Joan Baez's 75 years of life, but also the music, and an enduring symbol that bridges generations...' (more...)

Chris Isaacson Presents¬†has announced the West Coast debut of¬†Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp: Acoustically Speaking ? Celebrating 20 Years of Friendship¬†for two shows only on¬†Tuesday, October 25 and Wednesday, October 26¬†at 8:30pm at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood.¬†Acoustically Speaking¬†is a new show featuring two Broadway favorites coming together to celebrate music, memories, and their 20-year friendship. (more...)

The Central Works 2016 Season closing production of Karen Zacarias' a new play Into the Beautiful North, has extended and must close November 20 (originally scheduled to close Nov. 13). Central Works' first partnership with the National New Play Network was met with a tremendous response from the press and audiences alike. Described at its premiere as possessing the "alchemy of inspired satire, turned into a laugh-filled theatrical experience" and "never allowing the humor to blind us to the plight of its characters...". ¬†Into the Beautiful North is based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea and inspired by the classic Hollywood western The Magnificent Seven. (more...)

The holidays will be heating up when Broadway favorite¬†Ann Harada¬†reprises her role as the sincere and sassy therapist from¬†Avenue Q¬†in¬†Christmas Eve's Holiday Hunkfest¬†(#hunkfest), featuring an all-star bevy of Broadway beaus. The unforgettable evening on¬†December 12, 2016,¬†is produced by and benefits¬†Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. (more...)

There are some wonderful artists coming to perform at The Pheasantry this November. including Amanda McBroom with Ann Hampton Callaway, Pete Atkin singing the lyrics of Clive James, Kate Dimbleby, Sally Ann Triplett and the Canadian jazz great Kirk MacDonald. Scroll down for details! (more...)

International director, composer and¬†Pulitzer Prize-nominee Christopher Martin (also Founding Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company where he directed nearly 100 productions) is set to direct a NYC revival of the Harold Pinter play OLD TIMES which will run November 25th thru December 11th at the 'White Space' at Alchemical Theatre Laboratory (104 West 14 St.). (more...)